Game designer David Jaffe has been in the news quite a bit this week. His newest game, Twisted Metal is set to launch in a few days and his recently announced impending departure from studio Eat Sleep Play made a bit of a splash.
Unfortunately, while promoting Twisted Metal in an interview with... More »

At a press event in New York today, EA announced that BioWare's hit Mass Effect franchise will be coming to iOS as a new game called Mass Effect: Infiltrator, which will tie in with their upcoming game Mass Effect 3.
The game was described as a "fully featured iOS third-person shooter" which will... More »

The lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III and IV, a New York Times bestselling fantasy author, and one of comics' most notable creators walk into a development studio to create an action role-playing game based on an entirely original fantasy world. More »

Have you ever made a video game character fear you?
Have you ever imagined you could do that?
Don't think about the ghosts in Pac-Man dashing away from you because you ate the power pellet.
Think about a realistic-looking game set in a quake-broken but realistic-looking city. More »

Your Dragonborn might be able to tear massive dragons out of the heavens with the power of his voice, but does he have back pimples? He can now, as Bethesda releases the free official high resolution texture pack for The Elder Scrolls V:More »

N'Gai Croal and Andre Vrignaud have seen the future of video games. They don't want you to be scared even though things are about to be very different.
The former Newsweek reporter and the former Xbox platform strategist and PC gaming strategy director for Intel are now video game consultants,... More »

Activision mashed up collectible toys and video games last year to create an surprise hit last year in its Skylanders franchise. Last year's Toy Fair was when they announced Skylanders and this year's Toy Fair sees the reveal of a new franchise expansion after a flurry of rumors. More »

Creating a successful 'freemium' game is an exercise in enticement and restraint. You need to slowly but surely gain the player's interest, building excitement to a fever pitch before introducing the idea of laying out a little cash to enhance their enjoyment. More »

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